Rich “No Love” Clementi played spoiler for many Canadian fans at UFC 83: “St. Pierre vs. Serra 2” with his tough split decision victory over Sam “Hands of Stone” Stout. The shower of boos from some 21 000 fans didn’t phase Clementi, in fact it did the opposite.

Here’s a snip:

“Being booed pumped me up a little bit … whether it’s cheers or boos it’s the energy that matters, I used that a little to my favor.”

The Canadian fans lived up to their stereotype of being overtly polite, however, only after the fight was over:

“The crowd in Montreal and the fans are just awesome … even afterwards I had fans come up to me and say ‘I felt bad booing you’ and they apologized and asked for my autograph.”

Here’s a final snip:

“Do I think I’m ready for that, a title shot or whatever? – No. Do I feel like I’m slowly climbing that ladder and kicking people off it as I’m trying to come up? – Damn right I am.”

There are a few guys that I really wanna see him fight right now. I think if he beats Terry Etim(Which he most likely will), he should fight a guy like Kurt Pelligrino, Joe Stevenson, Gray Maynard, or maybe even a Tyson Griffin. Those would all be some very stellar fights in my opinion.

The fight was too close to call, but Clementi is a better fighter. Stout basically tried his absolute best to keep it on his feet. And Clementi's stand-up is just a hair worse than Stout's. So just based on that it was a right call.

Great job by Stout stepping it up in Rd 3. Really could have gone either way.